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'Lotus in Bright Sunlight'
Ǚ⨰⯭ᓨᵨǚ

fig. 2 'Leaping Jade Spring' of The Eight Sceneries of Yanshan by Zhang Ruocheng,
Collection of Palace Museum, Beijing
ॱ̣ ཯⩮ᯨǗ᷄൶Ջᓣॱǘ̃Ǚἔᦾ㉜⑪ǚ
٫̺ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި

the quality. The results, surprisingly, placed the Jade Spring 㟚ቘᒕᒝ᫶Ǐἔ᪬ᯔՉ૯᥅༆䢲͠⿾᥾㓅৬
water as the lightest in weight of all, prompting Qianlong ϭ᥅ݸ⾾㒠᥅ၶ̃㢼ǐἔᦾ൶ⅲ᥅䢲ॼ۵͞
to declare that it was the best water under the Heaven.
٫̺৬ϭ᥅ˮڟᕖ᜴ՒṁᣅঃΨǐ᪹͞ೀ⡅
When the Manchus conquered China, they were troubled 㡨͠᫪䢮 䢯ⅲǗռ༼㢶ㄦǘⓧՍ
by the terrible quality of drinking water when they arrived
ڰˮ〦㍭̖㡲ⅴຠ֨๺̃ᓁ䢲ᕍ㐤ˏ㘇ᑂ
in Beijing. Dorgon once said, ‘The water in the capital is
͠ިけՈ४܍ঃⅲ᥅ㇲǐ۵́ほ᳦᥅㈻㍷ם
foul, and often makes people sick’. He originally planned to
build a new city for this reason, but gave up because of the ᥅⽁㢶ㇲ㈻ള䢲⻢⍷᥅ㇲଦǐ᫐㕷♼ᗊⅬή
enormous costs entailed. When the Joseon ambassador Li ⅴ೫ᑢⅲἔᦾ൶ᦾ᥅⒮ᵁᕏ㍷䢲ˏᑂၕ㕵ˏ
Kun came to Beijing, he recorded the water quality along
Չ䢲᳦૰˗ⓧˏ䢲㐹ഥἔᦾ᥅᳦૰˗ⓧˏᦾǐ
his travels:

‘…After Shenyang, the water is all rotten. It is muddy and ᭸᪹Ն˹ˮۈᓁᕍॏ᳦٫̺৬Շ᥅ㇲ˙ω⡊
tastes foul… it is the same within the Shanhai Pass, and
᪨ლ⩯Ⴐ䢲૨ḓ⼎Ѐを㑁Ǚ̺৬᥅⩯䢲́૨
almost embarrassingly so in the Beijing city, mostly carrying
⃕⃜ǚ䢲ᕴႲ՞ཇᑕ৬␐൓䢲ᕏྯॏ⚯㇉ᨸ
some local pathogen. Only the water from rivers is of good
taste. The water from Jade Spring Hill is exceptionally clean ❀⡊⟋ǐᕧ㯶ϕ⡅ᖍঢ֨ϕˮ४ᓁ〦㍭㑁ᦵ
and cool, hence its name.’ 㐙᥅ⅲ᥅ㇲ

The water within the Beijing city was so bad that it was not
Ǚģ᱙㡫͠ྯⅳᒶ⤯᥅䢲᫡ᰝݣႧģ 㠛Շ̃
suitable for drinking. Therefore, water had to be brought
in from Jade Spring Hill to the Palace every day. Every ᥅̷ᵁ䢲⦰ᑞ٫̺৬ˮᕏ㢼਴䢲૨ᕖॸ⃕ǐ

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